Session booking
Session types, real availability, travel zones for location shoots and deposits taken at booking.
Pet photography booking software & gallery sales
Pet photographers: sessions booked, wall art sold. Galleries that sell.
Sessions get booked over DM and deposits turn up by bank transfer with no reference. The dog's name is buried in a Messenger thread. The gallery sits on a platform taking a cut while clients download the files and never order a print. We build booking, gallery and wall art sales systems for pet photographers that all talk to each other, then we host them and look after them.
Looking for pet photography booking software that sells the wall art too?
A pet photography business is really two businesses. One books sessions and wrangles excitable kelpies on the beach at golden hour. The other sells prints, canvases and albums once the photos are done. Most pet photographers run the first one through Instagram DMs and a calendar, then hand the second one to a gallery platform that charges a monthly fee and takes a commission. The bit that actually makes the money ends up being the bit nobody's steering.
Wollopit builds custom software for pet photographers around how you actually shoot and sell. Clients book a real slot and pay a deposit. A pet questionnaire lands before the session so you know Bella is reactive and loves cheese. Galleries live on your own website in your branding. Wall art gets previewed, ordered and tracked through to the lab without you retyping a thing. We connect the tools you already like, replace the ones holding you back and look after the lot on our own servers.
01The problems
What we hear from pet photographers
Does your pet photography business have these problems? Here's how we'd fix them.
Most pet photographers we talk to are brilliant with a camera and a squeaky toy. The admin around it is a pile of DMs, bank transfers and spreadsheets that falls over every time a mini session day sells out.
- The problemBookings by DMEnquiries land in Instagram, Facebook and email. You go back and forth on dates for a week and half of them go quiet.How we fix itOnline booking with your real availability, session types and a deposit taken on the spot. No more 'are you free Saturday?'
- The problemMini session days are chaosTwenty 15-minute slots, a Christmas set, a spreadsheet and forty messages asking if 10am is still free.How we fix itMini session pages with live slots, a waitlist, prepayment and automatic reminders. It sells out without you lifting a finger.
- The problemChasing depositsBank transfers with no reference, no-shows that cost you a Saturday and awkward texts asking for money.How we fix itDeposits or full payment by card at booking, a clear reschedule policy and automatic reminders for the balance.
- The problemPet details forgottenIs it Bella the reactive kelpie or Bella the senior cavoodle? The notes are spread across three different chats.How we fix itA pet questionnaire sent with every booking: name, breed, age, temperament, favourite treats, triggers and the shots the owner really wants.
- The problemWeather wrecks the planGolden hour beach sessions booked for weeks, then the rain rolls in and you're rescheduling a whole day by text.How we fix itOne-tap weather reschedules that offer new times to everyone booked and update your calendar on their own.
- The problemGalleries on someone else's platformMonthly fees plus commission on sales. The gallery looks like everyone else's and the client's email goes to them.How we fix itBranded galleries on your own website with favourites, passwords, download limits and expiry dates.
- The problemClients buy the digitals and stop thereThey download the files, post one on Instagram and the wall above the couch stays empty.How we fix itOrdering sessions with wall art previews on a photo of their own room, plus packages and upsells built into the gallery.
- The problemPrint orders done by handWriting up lab orders, checking crops and emailing tracking numbers one client at a time.How we fix itOrders flow into a production list with crops, sizes and finishes. Clients get status updates automatically.
- The problemMemorial sessions handled like any otherEnd of life sessions need care. A grieving owner shouldn't be filling in the same chirpy form as a puppy shoot.How we fix itA gentle booking path for memorial sessions with priority dates, softer wording and fewer steps.
- The problemNobody comes backPuppy shoot, first birthday, senior session years later. Nobody remembers to follow up so the repeat work walks off.How we fix itPet birthday and milestone reminders that invite owners back at the right time, in your voice.
- The problemMoney from everywhere at BAS timeDeposits by card, balances by transfer and print sales through the gallery platform, all reconciled by hand.How we fix itBookings, deposits and product sales flow into Xero with GST sorted and every payment matched to a client.
02What we build
Solutions
What we build for pet photographers. Usually all talking to each other.
Pick the one that's hurting most or join the whole lot up. Everything is built around how your team works, not the other way round.
Mini session days
Themed days like Christmas or autumn leaves with set slots, prepayment, waitlists and sell-out alerts.
Deposits & payments
Card deposits, balance reminders, payment plans and a reschedule policy clients agree to up front.
Pet questionnaires
Name, breed, age, temperament, treats, triggers and must-have shots, sent automatically with every booking.
Session prep emails
What to bring, where to meet, how to tire the dog out first. Sent at the right time before each shoot.
Weather reschedules
Move a whole day in one go with new times offered to every booked client.
Branded client galleries
Your own galleries with favourites, passwords, download limits and expiry dates. No platform commission.
Wall art & product sales
Prints, canvases, frames, albums and keepsake boxes ordered straight from the gallery.
Ordering sessions
Wall art previews on a photo of the client's room with packages and add-ons for in-person or online reveals.
Print production tracker
Every order from approved crop to lab to dispatch with tracking sent to the client.
Gift vouchers
Session and product vouchers sold online, ready for Christmas and Mother's Day rushes.
Repeat client reminders
Pet birthdays, gallery expiry nudges and senior session invites that bring owners back.
Memorial session path
A gentle, separate booking flow with priority dates and careful wording.
Xero sync
Deposits, balances and product sales into Xero with GST sorted and clients matched.
A website that sells sessions
Hand-built, quick on mobile, with booking and galleries built in, made to rank for 'pet photographer near me'.
03The systems
The big ones
Your whole pet photography business, on one system.
These are the systems pet photographers ask us about most. Each one works on its own and they get properly clever when they're joined up.
Session booking
Sessions and mini days that book themselves.
Clients pick a real slot, pay a deposit and get a confirmation without a single DM. Mini session days get their own page with live slots and a waitlist, so a Christmas set sells out while you're editing.
- Session types with their own length and price
- Real availability from Google Calendar
- Card deposits or full prepayment
- Mini session days with live slots
- Waitlists that fill cancelled spots
- Travel zones for location shoots
- Weather reschedules in one tap
- SMS and email reminders
- Gift vouchers redeemed at booking
Pet questionnaires
Know the dog before you meet the dog.
Every booking sends a questionnaire that fills out the pet's profile before the shoot. You turn up knowing who's reactive, who's deaf, who'll do anything for cheese and which shot the owner will cry over.
- Sent automatically with every booking
- Name, breed, age and photos
- Temperament and triggers
- Favourite treats and toys
- Must-have shot list
- Multi-pet households
- Pet profiles kept for repeat sessions
- Gentle version for memorial sessions
Client galleries
Your galleries, your brand, no commission.
Galleries live on your own website and look like your business, not a platform's. Clients favourite their shots, share with family and order straight from the gallery while the excitement is still high.
- Branded galleries on your website
- Password protection
- Favourites and shared shortlists
- Download limits by package
- Gallery expiry with reminder emails
- Mobile-friendly slideshow
- Watermarked previews
- Order straight from any photo
- No per-sale platform commission
Wall art & production
From favourite photo to canvas on the wall.
Clients see their photo on a picture of their own wall at the real size, then pick a package or build their own. Every order drops into a production list so crops, lab orders and dispatch never slip.
- Wall art previews in the client's room
- Prints, canvases, frames and albums
- Packages and add-on upsells
- In-person or online ordering sessions
- Payment plans on bigger orders
- Production list from crop to dispatch
- Lab order sheets ready to send
- Tracking sent to the client
- Sales into Xero with GST
04How it changes
Before and after
A Christmas mini session day, wolloped.
Here's how a mini session day could change. Every pet photographer works differently, so we map yours first.
Before
- Post the dates on Instagram and wait
- Forty DMs asking what's still free
- Bank transfers chased for a week
- Dog names and quirks scattered across chats
- Gallery uploaded to a platform that takes a cut
- Clients download the files and order nothing
After
- Mini session page goes live with real slots
- Clients book and prepay in a minute
- Waitlist fills any cancellation on its own
- Every pet questionnaire done before the day
- Branded galleries open on your own website
- Wall art ordered straight from the gallery
05Services
Everything under one roof
Software, websites and systems for pet photographers.
Whether you're starting fresh or upgrading what you've got, it's one team from the first sketch to the support call.
Custom software for pet photographers
Built around how your pet photography business actually runs: session booking, mini session days and the admin in between, in one system you own.
Websites for pet photographers
Fast, hand-built websites that rank for the searches your customers make and turn visits into enquiries, bookings or orders.
Pet photography business system upgrades
Running on spreadsheets, old software or a platform you've outgrown? We move your data across and upgrade in stages so the business never stops.
Apps and portals for pet photographers
Deposits & payments and pet questionnaires: customer and staff portals that work on any phone without an app store.
Integrations and automation
We connect Pixieset, Pic-Time and ShootProof so information moves on its own and nobody retypes it.
Hosting, support and care
Managed hosting, updates, backups and security for your pet photography business, looked after by the people who built it.
06Integrations
Connections
Plays nicely with what you already use.
We connect to the tools you rely on, work alongside gallery and studio platforms you're happy with or replace the ones holding you back.
- Pixieset
- Pic-Time
- ShootProof
- Zenfolio
- SmugMug
- Studio Ninja
- HoneyBook
- Dubsado
- Adobe Lightroom
- Stripe
- Square
- Afterpay
- Xero
- Google Calendar
- Twilio SMS
- Mailchimp
- Shopify
- Google Business Profile
07How we work
The process
Some people dip their toe in. We turn up in a rebreather.
We get properly below the surface of your pet photography business: the systems, the busy days and the jobs everyone hates. Then we fix the bits that matter most first.
- 01
Think
We sit with you through a booking, a shoot day and an ordering session, then work out where the time and the sales are slipping away.
- 02
Archi-tech
We plan it before writing code: your session types, minis, questionnaires, galleries, products, lab workflow, hosting and cost.
- 03
Build
Real engineering, shown to you early and often. Usually the most painful bit first, so you get a win before your next mini session day.
- 04
Look after
We host it, maintain it and keep improving it. When something breaks you call the people who built it.
08Questions
FAQ
Things pet photographers ask us.
Something else on your mind? Ring 0423 011 252 and ask the people who'd build it.
Can clients order canvases straight from the gallery?
Yes. Prints, canvases, frames and albums can be ordered directly from any photo in the gallery, with packages and add-ons if you sell them that way.
Can it handle mini session days?
Yes. Each mini day gets its own page with set slots, prepayment, a waitlist and reminders. Cancellations get offered to the waitlist automatically.
Can clients see wall art on their own wall?
Yes. They upload a photo of their room and see their chosen image at real size, which makes the bigger pieces a much easier yes.
We already use Pixieset or Studio Ninja. Do we have to switch?
No. If a platform is doing its job we build around it and connect the bits that are missing. If it's costing you in fees or limits, we'll show you what moving off it would involve before anything changes.
Can it take deposits and payment plans?
Yes. Card deposits at booking, automatic balance reminders and payment plans on bigger wall art orders, all flowing into Xero.
How much does a pet photography system cost?
It depends on what you need, so we quote up front once we understand it. No surprise invoices, no lock-in and you own what we build.
How long does it take?
Smaller jobs like online booking or a mini session page can be quick. Bigger systems are planned in stages so you get the first win early instead of waiting for everything at once.
Who looks after it once it's built?
We do. We host it on our own managed servers and keep it updated and secure. When you need something you ring the people who built it.
We already have systems. Can you upgrade them instead of starting again?
Usually, yes. Most pet photographers we work with keep what's working and upgrade the rest in stages. We move your data across, connect the old and new while we switch and retire the old system only when the new one is proven.
Contact
Got a pet photography business problem? Consider it wolloped.
Tell us what's slow, broken, manual or missing. You don't need a spec, just describe what's going on.